prae-mordĕo
prae-mordĕo, morsi and mordi, morsum, 2, v. a., to bite in front, to bite at the end; hence, in gen., to bite (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: ni fugissem, medium, credo, praemorsisset, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 7: linguam, Luc. 6, 567: projectos, Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 5.— Transf., to bite off, snip off, crib: et tamen ex hoc, Quodcumque est, Discipuli custos praemordet, Juv. 7, 217.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
prae-mordĕo
Headword (normalized/stripped):
prae-mordeo
Intro Text:
prae-mordĕo, morsi and mordi, morsum, 2, v. a., to bite in front, to bite at the end; hence, in gen., to bite (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: ni fugissem, medium, credo, praemorsisset, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Gell. 7, 9, 7: linguam, Luc. 6, 567: projectos, Sen. Clem. 1, 5, 5.— Transf., to bite off, snip off, crib: et tamen ex hoc, Quodcumque est, Discipuli custos praemordet, Juv. 7, 217.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n37772
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